Made with just five ingredients, this recipe takes about one hour and is surprisingly easy to make! My husband always loved Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. It’s his favorite chocolate candy. When we transitioned to a low-carb diet, I promised him that I would find a way to make a keto alternative. And I did! These delicious cups are one of my favorite keto desserts. They are amazing! Intensely chocolatey, smooth and creamy, they are also surprisingly easy to make....
Ready in just 20 minutes, it’s the perfect meal to serve on those busy weeknights when you’re too tired for a complex recipe. Ground beef is so EASY. It’s always there in the fridge (or freezer) in those convenient vacuum-sealed packages that last for quite a while. It’s readily available and very affordable. Ground beef is easy even when you go through the trouble of shaping it into meatballs or burgers....
Bulgogi is perhaps the most well known Korean dish. Thin slices of beef steak are marinated in a delicious sauce consisting of soy, sesame, ginger, and garlic. It is commonly served over rice. Garnish with sliced green onions for both color and flavor. The flavor profile of bulgogi is familiar across many cultures which is why this dish has gained world wide popularity. It can be found on the streets of Seoul, of course, but it can also be found in restaurants from New York to Los Angeles, and a lot of places in between....
One for your back pocket, for when the Christmas day madness is over - this Turkey Tikka Masala makes a great Boxing day dinner. Those shreds of leftover turkey a coated in a thick tikka sauce, then griddled or grilled to give that plain turkey a charred, spicy flavour. Cooked up in a creamy, spiced masala sauce, it’s an indulgent dinner. Great for curling up on the sofa with, to watch those boxing day movies....
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This recipe is brought to you in collaboration with Num Noms. Although Chris is normally the burger maker in our house, I managed to take over the griddle once again! I love experimenting with different burger flavours and toppings. I’ve made teeny tiny mini burgers, veggie burgers, fish burgers, and lots more. But this time the hero topping is in the burger. Tangy mature cheddar and creamy, stretchy mozzarella makes the perfect cheesy filling....
This is an easy weeknight dinner that packs a punch of flavor! The steak is marinated and cooked in skillet. Scoop in a quick pico de gallo and some sliced avocado and you have a complete meal. If you want to carb it up, serve it up with some rice or tortillas. What kind of steak should I use? You can use flank steak, skirt steak, or a sirloin. Cooking time will vary based on how thick your steak is so watch it closely....
When I think of Christmas leftovers, the first thing that comes to mind is ham. Do you find that you always have more leftover ham than anything else? Year after year, my mother packs up Christmas leftovers for us to take home and it always includes a big chunk of ham. I try to snaffle extra turkey, gravy and potato which, to be honest, I prefer because I have so many more ideas for ways to use those leftovers than ham....
Made without icing sugar / powdered sugar, this is actually an old fashioned frosting called “Ermine Frosting”. If you’ve never heard of it before, the ingredients and method will intrigue you! My secret Fluffy Vanilla Frosting I call this my “secret” Vanilla Frosting because it’s not a widely known type of frosting and people are always flabbergasted when I tell them how it’s made using butter, milk, flour and sugar....
Bitesize food is THE BEST! I love making it and I love eating it. I think it stems from my love of party food. One of these days I’m going to cook them all in one day, and scoff the lot! Let’s see, we’ve got Cranberry brie bites (a Christmas favourite!!) Salted caramel cheesecake bites Chocolate raspberry bites Blackberry spice muffin bites Apple pie truffles Cheesy potato croquettes Mini Burritos Mini burgers...
As much as I love pancakes, I never seem to end up making them on pancake day! Pancakes are weekend food, when the children and I can take our time making and eating lovely big piles of fluffy pancakes. Even better if we have time to experiment. Pancakes with: Creamy lemon sauce and sharp bites of pomegranate Lightly cooked berries with cheesecake cream Potatoes, chorizo and chilli-garlic butter I’ve even got one of those crepe-plates....
It’s certainly not an everyday mash, so save it for special occasions to serve alongside grand centrepieces! Paris Mash was made famous in Australia by Guillaume Brahimi, one of our country’s top French chefs. His Paris Mash is 25% butter, and it’s so rich, I could only get through a few spoonfuls… And that’s saying something for this Potato Monster!! What is Paris Mash? Just as Prime Rib is the king of all roasts, and Carnitas rule all tacos, Paris Mash is the mother of all mashed potatoes!...
Pasta with Bacon and Peas Recipe Bacon peas pasta recipe is a dinner recipe you make when you need to clear your fridge or are unsure what to make for dinner. Like me, you may have bacon and cream cheese in your fridge and are not quite sure what to do with them. You could make cream cheese pasta or this creamy bacon and peas pasta. This recipe comes together so quickly and it’s about to be a favorite amongst the family....
What is Eggs Benedict? A traditional eggs Benedict consists of a halved English muffin topped with Canadian bacon, ham or bacon, a poached egg, and hollandaise sauce. Who is the Benedict in Eggs Benedict? Eggs Benedict is named after Lemuel Benedict, a retired Wall Street broker. A 1943 interview in the New Yorker reported that Mr. Benedict went into the Waldorf Hotel looking for a cure for a hangover. He ordered “buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a hooker of hollandaise....
We have a homemade curry at least once a week at home. I use the term homemade loosely. Sometimes it’s completely from scratch (like this one), or if I’m in a really hurry (like 20 minutes until the kid’s have a hunger meltdown) I’ve no qualms with using shop-bought Thai curry paste. Yesterday, fancying something a little bit different - but without it taking an age, I went back to one of my old posts, and gave the Persian curry I made a bit of a makeover....
I’ve got to admit, I was cringing as I was making these Pick and Mix Candy Popsicles ice lollies. Haribo tangfastics, rainbow belts and gummie bears – all mixed together with fizzy lemonade. It’s the stuff of parent’s nightmares. I know what my kids are like when they’re eaten too many sweets, so I try to keep a limit on them, but my daughter was having a birthday sleepover, and she wanted something a little outrageous to surprise her friends....
Spiced rum is usually the drink of the summer for me. Wine and beer are good, but rum cocktails are so much better! Ideal for summer barbecues, or simply to relax at the end of a hard week, this cocktail totally hits the spot. I wanted to add a bit of a twist to the classic mojito, so going with spiced rum (instead of white rum) was a good start....
Pumpkin Puree: It can be so easy to confuse pumpkin puree with pumpkin pie filling For pumpkin crumb cake, we want to be in control of the sweeteners and spices, which is why we call for regular pumpkin puree and not pumpkin pie filling. Homemade Glaze Topping: While the glaze for this recipe is totally optional, it’s so easy to make (just two ingredients!) that we highly recommend you don’t skip it....
Add this to your arsenal of broccoli recipes – this one is a keeper! Super QUICK broccoli pasta! If you dream of 12 minute dinner magic, you’re going to love this broccoli recipe as much as I do. It’s for all those days when: you’re staring at broccoli with not much else in the pantry, wondering how on earth you’re going to transform that into a totally delicious meal;it’s a mad house and you just need to get dinner on the table, stat!...
From an epic One Pot Greek Chicken and Rice, to a colourful beef and rice, stuffed peppers and rice soup, the one thing all these have in common other than RICE is that they’re easy to make and Can’t-Stop-Eating-It delicious. Rice recipes – rice meals for dinner Rice is so much more than a vehicle for soaking saucy stir fries and drowning in curry sauce. It’s endlessly versatile, it wants to soak up flavours so you can elevate any meal with rice sides like Curried Rice, Tomato Basil Rice, or the wildly popular Mushroom Rice....
